Learning New Things

A New Home

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
'Thoughts'
/Kurama and Naruto speaking mentally./
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(With the hokage)

The hokage looked through the evidence. It pissed him off. The council had been arrested. They tried to fight it but it was no use. New ones would replace them.

Naruto and him talked. He was disgusted to learn that Naruto was forced to hide his true self away and act like a fool just because the civilian council hounded him. He planned on removing the mask once he became genin.

Since the graduation test was in two days there wasn't enough time to raise his grade. That upset Naruto because then he would be placed on a team with Sakura. He would be on a team with Sasuke so that was alright.

What concerned him was all that the council had done before they were caught. He had a meeting planned with the academy and all the ninjas. They needed to be reminded of the path of authority so that this didn't happen again.

Danzo's many operations had been found. He had many operations to remove bloodlines from others and implant them into him. So far only the Uchiha bloodline gift worked. It was shocking and horrifying. Now they were capturing his secret ninja army. They were trying to reverse Danzo's brain washing and find out who they were. Hiruzen was horrified with how many people Danzo had kidnapped.

'I am getting too old for this. I really need to train a successor.' He thought. 'Plus I still need to deal with Mizuki.'

Naruto had told him what he overheard. The man planned to have Naruto steal an important scroll and he would give it to Orochimaru. He needed to catch the man in the act or have him confess.

"I'm really getting too old for this." He sighed.
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(With Naruto and Sasuke)

"Ready to go get new clothes?" Sasuke asked.

"Yeah." He was really excited.

"Then let's go."

"Okay."

The two exited the compound. Boar joined them but remained out of sight. Everyone was shocked to see their precious Sasuke with the demon child. Naruto's appearance was hidden so no one saw the ears or tail and freaked out.

They went to the clothing store that Sasuke used. The owner sneered but said and did nothing. Sasuke and Naruto shopped. Because Sasuke was there the clothes weren't sold at a higher price. They left the store once they had enough.

They returned home and Naruto changed into one of his new outfits. Sasuke grabbed all of the orange jumpsuits and burned them.

"I have been wanting to do that since I met you." He admitted.

"Me too." Kurama agreed.

Kurama made his appearances a lot. Sasuke was no longer alarmed or startled by it. He actually liked the fox.

"Are you two ready to practice for your test?" He asked them.

Kurama was helping them study. He alternated between the different parts of the test. This time it was the clones. Naruto was still having a hard time with it due to his huge chakra reserve. Sasuke also had a huge reserve so he would also help Naruto.

"Hai." The two said.

"Then let's begin."
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(Haruno Household)

"How are you dear?" Sakura's aunt asked.

Sakura shrugged. "I'm okay. Mom and dad weren't good parents. I accepted that a while ago."

"You shouldn't have had to." Tsubaki sighed.

Sakura's parents weren't always bad parents. They had been good until her dad got on the civilian council and Sasuke's family was killed by his brother. Her parents changed. She was raised to become Sasuke's wife. She was punished when her cooking wasn't perfect or she ate more than a salad.

Sakura was also raised to hate Naruto. She was made to report everything he did to her parents. She felt terrible for it. Sure he was loud, obnoxious, and lazy. She knew that was his way of getting attention. Sakura had seen the look of longing in his eyes whenever he stared at families.

"Ready?" Her aunt asked.

Her aunt wasn't allowed near her after her parents had changed. When they were arrested Tsubaki was quick to get custody. When she learned what they were doing to her niece she decided a visit to the hokage was due.

"I am."

"Let's go."

"Okay."